RE: DBMS_STATS [resend chomped version]

> A few columns need histograms - designed to highlight the skewed> data pattern.

Seems to be the day I use Oracle Apps 11i as a whipping boy! (positive in
the case below):

Apps 11i maintains a separate table named FND_HISTOGRAM_COLS which stores
column names that are good candidates for Histogram collection. Stats is
then collected via an Apps specific FND_STATS package that wraps around
DBMS_STATS. The data in FND_HISTOGRAM_COLS is seeded, but there should be no
reason you cannot add to this if required. The point is that one could
borrow this idea to roll-your-own MY_OWN_GEN_STATS package...